(December 27, 2010) The Tata Nano has received the GOOD DESIGN Award for 2010, which is given annually by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

The award for the Tata Nanois is in the transportation category .

Founded in Chicago in 1950, GOOD DESIGN bestows international recognition for "advancing new, visionary, and innovative product concepts, invention and originality, and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered ordinary product and consumer design."

In 2010, GOOD DESIGN celebrated its 60-year anniversary as the world's oldest and most prestigious awards program for product and graphic design.

The Tata Nano’s design is such that it offers an incredibly spacious passenger compartment which can comfortably seat four adults. With a length of just 122 inches, a width of 59 inches and height of 63 inches, the Tata Nano has the smallest exterior footprint for a car in India, but is 21 percent more spacious than the smallest car available today.

A high seating position makes ingress and egress easy. Its small size coupled with a turning radius of just 13 feet, makes it extremely maneuverable in the smallest of parking slots.